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Bugeyes

Scope note

Use for double-ended, log-bottom boats or later flat-bottom, shallow-draft boats of similar shape, but built plank-on-frame, with two masts raking aft carrying a jib and triangular sails; used for offshore fishing and general cargo transport in the Chesapeake Bay area.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000212667

Broader Terms used

<bottom-based watercraft>

Equivalent Terms used

bugeye

Created

13yrs ago

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